GPU Firmware Security Engineer — Root-of-Trust & Secure Boot

NVIDIA Corporation; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 152,000 - 242,000; Full time

Job summary

NVIDIA Corporation seeks a security software engineer to join the GPU Firmware team and help secure the boot software that powers our GPUs. You’ll design, implement, test and optimize firmware in resource-constrained environments, focusing on secure boot, attestation and root-of-trust components.

You’ll collaborate with hardware and software teams, participate in security reviews, and help improve build systems and infrastructure to support a robust security posture across gaming and data center

Qualifications

• BS or MS degree in EE/CS/CE (or equivalent experience).
• 5+ years’ experience in developing device BIOS, firmware, or other low-level software.
• 2+ years’ experience in building secure firmware and working with hardware security components.
• Strong C programming skills and secure software fundamentals (cryptography, authentication/attestation, chains of trust).
• Collaborative with hardware designers and software engineers to design, develop, and debug GPU subsystems.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, debug, and optimize GPU firmware throughout the entire GPU lifecycle
• Continuously evaluate and improve the security posture of firmware and hardware that form the root of trust for our products
• Improve team software process and core infrastructure by enhancing build systems, regression farms, and security test infrastructure
• Participate in in-depth security reviews of software, hardware, process, and infrastructure
• Facilitate security requirements and solutions by participating in industry standards such as NIST, Open Compute Project, DMTF etc., and aligning with key customers and partners
• Collaborate with NVIDIA’s and third-party vendors’ hardware and software teams to improve security across hardware, BootROMs, and software stacks
• Work within a larger virtual security team on other parts of the GPU stack, as necessary

Skills

Strong C skills

Cryptography fundamentals

Attestation & chain of trust

Collaborative hardware collaboration

Education

BS or MS in EE/CS/CE

Job description

NVIDIA Corporation seeks a security software engineer to join the GPU Firmware team and help secure the boot software that powers our GPUs. You’ll design, implement, test and optimize firmware in resource-constrained environments, focusing on secure boot, attestation and root-of-trust components.

You’ll collaborate with hardware and software teams, participate in security reviews, and help improve build systems and infrastructure to support a robust security posture across gaming and data center